"Soul" and "Psyche" in the OEB

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In the OEB, Phil 4:23 reads:

[23] May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ rest on your souls.

Consider, as all major translations seem to do, translating "souls" here as "spirit" as the greek word is "pnuema." Also consider changing "blessings" to "grace" as the word is "charis." Also "rest on your" isn't in the greek, more like "be with."

Re: "Soul" and "Psyche" in the OEB

May God himself, the giver of peace, make you altogether holy; and may your spirits, souls, and bodies be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

All translations keep "spirit, soul and body" for this phrase. So we likely should too. But the other parts of the sentence could use some tweaks. "Giver of peace" seems an added phrase not in the greek, the semicolon could be removed and other clean up.

ESV:
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The KNT reads:
Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy. May your complete spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

HCSB reads:
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Consider changing to:

Now may the God of peace himself, make you altogether holy, and may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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God's message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way until it penetrates soul and spirit — not the joints only but the marrow — and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

All modern translations keep the word soul. So for the time being, I think we do to. But there may be other clean up. See below for how other translations rendered it:

The KNT reads:
"God’s word is alive, you see! It’s powerful, and it’s sharper than any double-edged sword . It can pierce right in between soul and spirit, or joints and marrow; it can go straight to the point of what the human heart is thinking or intends to do."

The HCSB reads:
"For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart."

The ESV reads:
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The word "message" should be better translated as word "logos" and some of the extra words not clearly in the greek might be simplified. Plus some words in the greek "kardia" seem to be better translated "heart" than mind.

Consider changing to:

God's message is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, or to the joints and marrow, even able to discern the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Re: "Soul" and "Psyche" in the OEB

Obey your leaders, and submit to their control, for they are watching over your souls, since they will have to render an account, so that they may do it with joy, and not in sorrow. That would not be to your advantage.

NIV reads:
"Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you."

the Voice reads:
Listen to your leaders and submit to their authority over the community, for they are on constant watch to protect your souls and someday they must give account. Give them reason to be joyful and not to regret their duty, for that will be of no good to you.

The KNT reads:
Obey your leaders; submit to them. They are keeping watch over your lives, you see, as people who will have to give account. Make sure they can do this with joy, not with a groan as a burden. That would be of no value to you.

I think "lives" or "you" works well, better than "souls." Also cleaning up the rest of the sentences and words to better fit the greek.

So consider:

Obey your leaders, and submit to them, for they keep watch over your lives as ones who will have to give an account. Let them do it with joy, and not sighing. That would be of no benefit to you.

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When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God's message and for the testimony which they had borne.

Almost all modern translations render "psyche" as "soul" but not all.

The HSBC reads:
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the people slaughtered because of God’s word and the testimony they had.

Unless someone understanding the greek better than I if "ho souls psychē ho" is better rendered "the souls of" - I suggest considering this same direction as the HSCB, but also changing out language to be closer to the Greek:

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the people slaughtered for the sake of God's word and for the testimony which they had.